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IN MATTER OF MENTAL CONDITION OF VIRGIL D.

No. 93-1540.

189 Wis.2d 1 (1994)

524 N.W.2d 894

IN the MATTER OF the MENTAL CONDITION OF VIRGIL D.: VIRGIL D., Appellant-Petitioner, v. ROCK COUNTY, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided December 21, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellant-petitioner there were briefs and oral argument by Suzanne Hagopian, assistant state public defender.

For the respondent there was a brief by Robert D. Heidel, Deputy Corporation Counsel, Rock County, and oral argument by Eugene R. Dumas, Deputy Corporation Counsel, Rock County, Janesville.

Amicus curiae brief was filed by Thomas E. Dixon and Dianne Greenley, Madison for the Wisconsin Coalition for Advocacy, Inc.

Amicus curiae brief was filed by Thomas K Zander, James A. Walrath, Patricia M. Cavey and Karen Kotecki, Milwaukee for the Legal Aid Society of Milwaukee, Inc.

JANINE P. GESKE, J.

The petitioner, Virgil D. (Virgil), requests review of an unpublished decision of the court of appeals dated September 16, 1993, which affirmed an order of the circuit court for Rock County, James P. Daley, Circuit Judge. The circuit court granted a petition to allow the involuntary administration of psychotropic drugs to Virgil on the grounds that, due to his mental illness, Virgil was not competent to exercise informed consent.

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